Should he lobby coach Jason Garrett for more starters to play special teams? Will he continue to use Dwayne Harris to return punts, or will he return the chore to Dez Bryant? Will Chris Jones continue as the punter after missing most of last season with a knee injury, or will there be an open competition at training camp?

Tough calls all the way around, but none are as difficult as the one Bisaccia faced last month when the Cowboys came calling shortly after he accepted a job at Auburn.

Speaking at a news conference last week to introduce Garrett's revamped coaching staff, Bisaccia, 52, called joining Dallas “probably the most exciting time of my professional life.” But to reach that happy state, he had to resign from a job he had accepted only 22 days earlier.

Bisaccia left Auburn, where he was the Tigers' assistant coach and special-teams coordinator, after hearing a strong, persistent recruiting pitch from Garrett.

“I'm a little embarrassed about how it happened, having to go through Auburn and only spending 22 days there,” Bisaccia said. “That's not really my style. I've actually been really proud of the long stays I've had at some particular places. But for it to work like this and to have an opportunity like this, I just feel certainly blessed in one way and certainly fortunate. ... It was something I couldn't pass up.”

Bisaccia spent the past two seasons as San Diego's special-teams coordinator. He worked in the same position with Tampa Bay from 2002-10, where he got to know Garrett in 2004, the final year of Garrett's lengthy career as a backup pro quarterback.

“Because it was Jason and because it was the Dallas Cowboys, I never stopped talking to them,” Bisaccia said. “I told my wife every night, 'I just can't tell the guy no.'”

Bisaccia replaces Joe DeCamillis, who left the Cowboys after four years to join Chicago. Like DeCamillis, Bisaccia is a high-energy sort who makes no apologies for his emotional nature and love affair with football.

“I've been married to the same gal for 29 years; I don't drink, and I don't smoke,” Bisaccia said. “I (coach) ball, and I go home. ... It's my passion.”

Garrett raved about Bisaccia's “infectious personality” and his ability to sell the importance of special teams to players who were stars in college but aren't good enough to start in the pros.

“The players play as hard for him as I've ever seen any players play for any coach,” Garrett said.

Bisaccia is reunited in Dallas with two other ex-Buccaneers assistants: defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin and defensive line coach Rod Marinelli.

“He's just a good high-energy coach,” Marinelli said of Bisaccia. “Positive. Optimistic. Players gravitate toward him. ... He's a live wire. You've just got to make sure you unplug him every once in a while.”